El Lugar Mas Pequeño (The Tiniest Place)
"Is selected as Best Documentary for the way it expertly uses the tactile tools of cinema to powerfully transport us through time into the memory and loss of a people struggling to resurrect their lives. It is at once a powerful condemnation of the violence suffered by the Salvadoran people and a poetic contemplation of life after turmoil."

Unfinished Spaces
"A Special Jury Prize is given to Unfinished Spaces for its original, dynamic and captivating approach to telling the history of the Cuban revolution. With clear direction, the film illuminates in a tangible way the relationship between art and architecture, and the enormous value of culture and arts in any society."

Admittedly, only 7 of the films that played the festival caught my critical gaze, but I am shocked that Pablo Larrain's Post Mortem, easily one of the 2 or 3 best films to be screened anywhere this year, went home empty. Hopefully Hillcrest or The Gaslamp will pick it up for theatrical release.